There are 8 article(s) tagged Crosstown Mound:

• July 2024

  • Crosstown Mound development moving forward

    The development, which includes affordable housing units and a park, should be completed in three years once construction starts, which depends on when the mound is leveled. 

    By Sophia Surrett July 15, 2024

• June 2024

  • City Council delays budget; moves ahead on Crosstown Mound, museums

    In addition to delaying the budget, Memphis City Council approved the sale of the Crosstown Mound. And it approved a management agreement for four city museums.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2024

• May 2024

  • Council weighs traffic-ticket amnesty to lower property-tax hike

    The Memphis City Council looked at alternatives to Mayor Paul Young’s proposed 75-cent city property-tax hike Tuesday, as well as an assortment of other issues.

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    ‘A tough push:’ Council skeptical of adding suburban votes to MLGW board

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2024

• January 2023

  • Arsenic poisons hopes for Crosstown Mound project

    “We have reached out countless times. I’ve talked to city council people. I’ve talked to lots of people. We’ve just gotten nowhere.”

    By Jane Roberts January 18, 2023

• August 2021

  • City Council Scorecard: school masking, landmarks districts, coal ash

    The City Council Scorecard looks at recent council votes that don’t seem to pack a political punch but nevertheless call for an attention to detail.

    By Bill Dries August 26, 2021

• May 2021

  • Landmarks Commission won’t control Crosstown Mound for five years

    The council approved the larger Crosstown overlay district without the 9-acre mound Tuesday, May 4, in the first of several votes on the blueprint for control of design standards by the Memphis Landmarks Commission.

    By Bill Dries May 04, 2021

  • Council will talk to police chief nominee, revisit 16-year old evictions ordinance

    The Tuesday, May 4, council day includes a possible vote on the nomination of C.J. Davis to be the new police chief. And the council has a proposal to change eviction set-outs 16 years after its last attempt to bring some order to the process.

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2021

• October 2019

  • Kings of the hill: Competing developers now teaming on Crosstown Mound

    The city has approved two development teams to work together on a plan for the undeveloped Crosstown Mound. The preliminary plan so far includes 80-100 residences, a public park and a building of shared office spaces.

    By Tom Bailey October 04, 2019